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tailoring and embroidery, the proceeds of which enabled them to get a few luxuries. A variety of simple furniture and the invariable Chinese altar, religious statues and pictures were to be seen in each small residence.
19. Some of the old women had been twenty years in the institution. The Archdeacon spoke to a few who were over ninety, and to others who were only sixty years of age. I certainly saw an almshouse or home for the destitute where the inmates appeared to be happier.
20. By a similar institution for old men. the Chinese law, children or grand-children must support their destitute parents, so that these institutions are only for aged people who have no descendants, Of such people the state in China is the lawful guardian.
21. As we left the establishment the Archdeacon said: "What a contrast this Chinese Government institution is to the way your Government treats old people who are worn out in Hong Kong." He added, very truly, that we had something to learn from the many evidences of the
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tailoring and embroidery, the proceeds of which enabled them to get a few luxuries. A variety of simple furniture and the invariable Chinese altar, religious statues and pictures were to be seen in each small residence.
19. Some of the old women had been twenty years in the institution. The Archdeacon spoke to a few who were over ninety, and to others who were only sixty years of age. I certainly saw an almshouse or home for the destitute where the inmates appeared to be happier.
20. By a similar institution for old men, the Chinese law, children or grand-children must support their destitute parents, so that these institutions are only for aged people who have no descendants. Of such people the state in China is the lawful guardian.
21. As we left the establishment the Archdeacon said: "What a contrast this Chinese Government institution is to the way your Government treats old people who are worn out in Hong Kong." He added, very truly, that we had something to learn from the many evidences of the
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